Arsenal – Villarreal, Prediction – Europa League

😎 Arsenal must be braver

Arsenal lost 1-2 to Villarreal in the first game without necessarily playing poorly and then took it to Newcastle in a 2-0 victory as a guest for the championship. We believe that Arsenal, and Arteta in particular, should be bolder in their approach to the match. The Spaniard was quite cautious during the season overall and one of the main mistakes was that he trusted the “old rifles” in the team too much. In the last match, however, he changed his approach and although it did not give him a result, we think it is very useful because in the attack played all the young talents of the team. In the first match, Arsenal conceded the typical goals they allow all season and one of them, of course, came after a set-piece.

🟢 Emery has an idea of how to eliminate his former team

Villarreal won 1-0 at home to Getafe in La Liga and thus came close to Sociedad by only 1 point. In the championship, the fight for 5th place is rather formal, as it will simply lead to direct participation in the groups, and the lower two places with preliminary rounds. Therefore, the main goal of the team is to win the Europa League. Villarreal managed to take the maximum in the first match, although they bitterly regretted the penalty in the 70th minute and the goal scored by Pepe. However, Emery knows his former players well and has a huge ambition to punish Arsenal. He is an expert on tournament matches and specifically in the Europa League, so Villarreal have a very serious chance to eliminate the English side.

Arsenal is the better team and this time we expect more from the gunners

 Expert view: It is very important for Arsenal whether Tierney will play, because this player is extremely key for the Gunners, even though he is a left-back. In addition, you will not need a player like Xhaka, who is a midfielder, to play an unusual role. It is uncertain whether Tierney will take part in the match, however. We think that Arsenal has a lot of talent in attack at the moment and, of course, after losing the first match, they will now try a lot harder in front positions and we expect them to be more effective at home. Villarreal may be very strong in defense, but this is the game of the season for Arsenal so far and whatever we talk about theoretically, the hosts have stronger players. We expect them to show it now and as a result, because in the first clash they did not play poorly. Prediction – Arsenal – Over 1.5 goals at 1.83.